A great aridness : climate change and the future of the American Southwest / / William DeBuys [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: DeBuys William <1949->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.6979
• Soggetto topico: Climatic changes - Southwest, New; Water-supply - Effect of global warming on - Southwest, New; Droughts - Southwest, New
• Soggetto geografico: Southwest, New Environmental conditions
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2011.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Preface; Introduction: The Tracks at Cedar Springs; 1. High Blue: The Great Downshift of Dryness; 2. Oracle: Global-Change-Type Drought; 3. Sand Canyon: Vanishing Acts; 4. Janos: A Mirror in Time; 5. Lava Falls: The Blood of Oasis Civilization; 6. The Canal at River's End: Thirsty Arizona; 7. Highway 79 Revisited: "Mega" Trends in the Sun Corridor; 8. Apache Pass: Crossing the Line; 9. Mogollon Plateau: Fires Present and Future; 10. Mt. Graham: The Biopolitics of Change; 11. Hawikku: Welcome to the Anthropocene; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B ; CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of catastrophe. In 'A Great Aridness', William DeBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out.
• Titolo autorizzato: A great aridness
• ISBN: 0-19-756314-7; 1-283-34890-X; 9786613348906; 0-19-991224-6; 0-19-977910-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910662877903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.